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Fade To Black

Arnold Hamilton - December 30, 2009 1

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER As the first decade of the new millennium fades with the next few rotations of the home planet there remains a...

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In my travels, I’ve heard many cries of despair from you good folks about the timorous Obama presidency. On issue after issue, it’s been go-slow and don’t-rock-the-corporate boat. “Where’s the ‘audacity of hope?’” people are asking. “Where’s the ‘change you can believe in?’” The answer is that in our country’s democracy, audacity […]

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More Garbage

Arnold Hamilton - December 29, 2009 0

BY FROSTY TROY A new policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education makes the case that too many teachers arrive to their first day...

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We’d Be Happy To Do This ‘Strip Tease’

Arnold Hamilton - December 29, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz proudly championed a measure last spring that bans whole-body imaging as a primary screening technique at airports. “You don’t have to look at my wife and 8-year-old daughter naked to secure an airplane,” the Utah Republican said. As a matter of fact, you do. The very technology that […]

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Your Tax Dollars At Work

Arnold Hamilton - December 28, 2009 0

BY FRANK P. BELCASTRO The big winners in our cash-and-carry system of government are corporate special interests. For a lousy $318.7 million in contributions from...